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WWIVnet
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WWIVnet was a Bulletin board system (BBS) network for WWIV-based BBSes. It was coordinated by Wayne Bell.
WWIVnet consisted of several participating BBSes, each referenced by a unique number. Each area code with WWIVnet nodes had an area coordinator. A group of area codes were under a zone coordinator, and all zones were under the network coordinator.
Originally, WWIVnet nodes were numbered by area code. The format was txyzz, where x and y were the first and last digits of the area code, and zz was a number that started with 00 in area codes with a second digit of 0, and 50 in area codes with a second digit of one. t would start at 0 (although leading zeros are not quoted in node numbers) and would increase each time zz filled up. Thus, node 5802 was a node in area code 508, 6754 was a node in area code 617, and 12263 was a node in a very busy area code 212.
Around 1995 the rule that area codes would only have second digits of 0 or 1 was changed and most WWIVnet nodes were renumbered into a zone based scheme. Node numbers were then of the format xzzz, where x was the zone number.
- TextFiles contains a good quick discussion of some WWIVnet and IceNET stuff. http://www.textfiles.com/bbs/ICENEWS/
- BBS Documentaty contains some discussion as well: http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/library/CONTROVERSY/EVENTS/WWIVWAR/